Nanotechnology in therapeutics
Subtitle: current technology and applications
By: Nicholas A. Peppas, J. Zach Hilt and J. Brock Thomas.
Contributors: Peppas, Nicholas A., 1948-; Hilt, J. Zack.; Thomas, J. Brock.
Publisher: Horizon Bioscience
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Wymondham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9781904933298
Subjects: Nanomedicine -- methods; Nanostructures -- therapeutic use; Chronotherapy; Drug Delivery Systems; Nanostructured materials; Medical innovations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Concepts of medical chronobiology, chronopharmacology, and chronotherapeutics as the basis for applications of drug delivery technology.; title: Feedback control in drug delivery.; title: Advances in drug delivery technologies for nanoparticulates.; title: Synthetic ligand-receptor interactions in delivery systems.; title: Nanoscale analysis of mucus-carrier interactions for improved drug absorption.; title: Polymeric gene delivery vectors.; title: Biohybrid materials for therapeutic devices.; title: Biomimetic systems: a synergy of scientific and engineering approaches.; title: Nanostructured scaffolds for tissue engineering.; title: Hydrogel nanocomposites for intelligent therapeutics.; title: Nanotechnology for treating bone disorders.; title: Nanotechnology and cancer therapy.; title: Star polymers and dendrimer in nanotechnology and drug delivery.; title: Ionic nanoparticulate systems for drug delivery.; title: Nanospheres of intelligent networks for biomedical and drug delivery applications.; title: Shell cross-linked nanoparticles: a progress report of their design for drug delivery.; title: Nanoparticulate structures in diabetes treatment.